This Week in Texas: Wednesday, July 11, 2018

A recent CNBC study ranks Texas as #1 in the country for doing business. All 50 states were evaluated on 60 measures of competitiveness developed by business and policy experts. Last year Texas ranked #4. To read more…

Another Tech/A&M rivalry. Maybe.

Texas Tech University has plans for a veterinarian school in Amarillo, expected to open in 2019. If all goes smoothly, the first class of Texas Tech vet students will start in fall 2021. Tech sees its program, focused on rural areas experiencing vet shortages, as complimentary to Texas A&M’s program. However, A&M is currently the only vet school in the state, and would like to keep it that way. To read more…

Bag ban is sacked.

The Texas Supreme Court recently struck down a Laredo ordinance banning plastic bags. Attorney General Ken Paxton then sent letters to the 11 cities across the state with bag bans warning that continuing to enforce such bans is illegal. Austin is one of the cities that has said they will no longer enforce its local bag ban. To read more…

Only in Austin…

Tonight, a showing of Wayne’s World kicks off Austin’s Sound & Cinema lineup at the Long Center. Find a spot on the lawn and enjoy live music combined with this cult favorite flick. Food trucks start serving at 6pm, music starts at 7:30pm, and the film begins after sunset. Sound & Cinema is held every other Wednesday through August 15th. To read more…